Dry roast the dal lightly for a couple of minutes till a nice aroma comes and set aside. Be careful not to turn it brown.

Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker and when hot add the cashews,pepper, cumin, ginger,green chilli ,curry leaves and asafoetida. Keep in a low flame and make sure nothing gets burnt.

Add the dal and the washed rice to it and then add 4 cups of water . Check salt and pressure cook it. ( As we add more water for this , most of the time the water overflows . To avoid this I follow this method: partly cover with a lid, turn on high flame and let it boil. After some time when the rice , dal and water are in even consistency ,close with a lid. When steam comes add weight and simmer for 15 minutes.)

When the steam subsides completely,open the cooker and mix it well so that it gets mashed lightly.

Serve hot with sambar or coconut chutney.

Note

You can pressure cook the dal and rice and then do the seasonings finally too.

Yes,till now I suffer when I make pongal as it always overflows,2 days back when I made u know it overflowed and the ghee in the pongal made catch fire little !!!Thanks for the idea :) Looks so soft and moist too:)

hi prema, i tried ur toast with oats. it was too good. also it is very easy and quick to prepare. my 3year old son liked it very much. like this oat recipe, do u have any other easy and fast making healthy recipes for breakfast or lunch...for breakfast esp. can i get ur mail id please..i really like ur recipes.